1) [line 8] HE'CHAG - the celebration of the completion of the Beis
ha'Mikdash (that was completed seven days before Sukos) (RADAK to Melachim
I:8:65)

2a) [line 8] L'VO CHAMAS - (a) the Chamas Highway (RABBI ARYEH KAPLAN); (b)
the area from where people come to Chamas (METZUDAS DAVID). Chamas is a city
in Syria some 50 miles from the Mediterranean; the modern-day Hamah. (Some
sources say that Chamas is near Antioch -- TARGUM YERUSAHLMI and RASHI to
Bamidbar 34:8)
b) [line 9] NACHAL MITZRAYIM - Wadi El Arish, some 80 miles west of the Dead
Sea, in the middle of the Sinai Peninsula (RABBI ARYEH KAPLAN)

3) [line 13] AMAH KALYA OREV - (a) the "Amah Kalya Orev" consisted of devices
for preventing ravens from landing ("Kalya Orev" - lit. "eliminate ravens").
Plates of metal that measured one square Amah into which one-Amah-long nails
were inserted were built onto the roof of the Heichal. (RASHI to Erchin 6a);
(a) the roof of the Heichal was sloped such that its peak was only one Amah
wide ("Amah Kalya" - lit. "ended in one Amah"). Bits of metal and nails were
affixed there to prevent ravens from landing. (RASHI)

4) [line 18] MAI DARUSH? - from where did they learn that it was permissible?
How did they interpret the verses when they learned that it was permissible?
(See Insights)

5) [line 19] KORBAN YACHID - the Korban of Elishama ben Amihud, leader of the
tribe of Efrayim (as is clear from Shabbos 87b), that was brought on Shabbos
at the time of the dedication of the Mishkan in the desert

6a) [line 21] TZORECH GAVO'AH - (lit. the needs of Heaven) Korbanos
b) [line 21] TZORECH HEDYOT - (lit. the needs of people) the food and drink
for the feast of the dedication of the Beis ha'Mikdash

8) [line 30] D'ACHIL LEHU - that the Creator forgave them for eating on Yom
ha'Kipurim
9) [line 33] SHE'NEHENU MI'ZIV HA'SHECHINAH - that they benefited from the
splendor of the Shechinah

10) [line 38] RENANOS - words that refer to prayer. In King Shlomo's prayers
at the dedication of the Beis ha'Mikdash in Melachim I 8:22-60, there are
fourteen expressions related to the word "Tefilah," nine related to the word
"Techinah" and one "Rinah"

11) [line 38] "SE'U SHE'ARIM ..." - "Raise up your heads, O gates, and be
uplifted, you everlasting entrances, so that the King of Glory may enter!"
(Tehilim 24:7)

18) [line 2] "YEKARAH HI MI'PENINIM; V'CHOL CHAFATZECHA LO YISHVU VAH" - "She
is more precious than pearls; and all the things you can desire are not to be
compared to her." (Mishlei 3:15)

19) [line 9] YEHEI RA'AVA - May it be the Desire of Heaven
20) [line 9] D'SIZRA V'LO SECHETZAD - that you plant and not harvest
21) [line 10] TE'AYEL V'LO SEIFUK - that you bring in and not take out (it
seemed to the son of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai that this meant that he should
purchase merchandise but not be able to sell it)

22) [line 11] LEICHARUV BEISEICH V'LEISUV USHPIZEICH - that your house be
destroyed and your inn be established

23) [line 11] L'VALBEL PESORECH - that your table should be confounded
24) [line 12] V'LO SECHEZEI SHATA CHADTA - and that you should not see the
new year
25) [line 17] KALASA - daughters-in-law
26) [line 21] "KIRBAM BATEIMO L'OLAM" - "Their inward thought is that their
houses shall continue for ever" (Tehilim 49:12) - By reading the word Kirbam
(their houses) as Kivram (their graves), Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai proved that
his students blessed his son by saying that his son's gravesite (his eventual
"house") should be desolate and that his life in this world (the "inn")
should last a very long time.

27) [line 29] KOCHELES - she may paints her eyelids with a blue or tinted
powder
28) [line 30] POKESES - (a) she may part her hair with a comb or her hands;
(b) she may color her face red by applying mud or rouge to her face (see
TOSFOS DH Pokeses and RASHI to Shabbos 64b DH v'Lo Sifkos)

31) [line 36] L'KAFLO - to peel it off
32) [line 36] SHE'TOFALTO - that she may paste it on her skin
33) [line 38] NIFRA'IN MEHEN - it is permissible to collect debts from
Nochrim on their festivals (because it will cause them sorrow, unlike
repaying a debt *to* them, which is prohibited within three days of their
festivals, because it will cause them to give thanks to their idols -- Avoda
Zarah 2a)

34) [line 41] SHE'HIGI'U L'FIRKAN V'LO HIGI'U L'SHANIM - (a) they have at
least two pubic hairs but are not yet twelve years old (and they want to
remove their hairs) (RASHI); (b) according to the Girsa SHE'HIGI'U L'FIRKAN
V'LO HIGI'U (without the word *L'SHANIM*) (lit. they have reached the age to
be married but have not reached it) they are *nearing* the age to be married
but have not yet found a husband (and they want to beautify themselves
through depilatory methods) (TOSFOS Shabbos 80b DH she'Higi'u); (c) they are
twelve years old but do not yet have signs of maturity (and they want to
cause them to appear - the opposite of Rashi) (RABEINU CHANANEL Shabbos
ibid.)